Very little was once known about the king of the Delta blues. Many of these gaps have gradually been filled in. Robert Johnson was born in 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. He rose like a phoenix ...

Jazz album: “Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol I & II” by Robert Johnson, released in 2014 on Music On Vinyl. Explore the largest collection of jazz recordings @ All ...

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Collins Entertainment and Concord Originals are partnering on a biopic of Robert Johnson, the influential musician nicknamed the King of the Delta Blues. The project will mark the ...

Wald points to Johnson's blues predecessors in the world around him for parallels and for obvious influences. Charley Patton, Son House, Tommy Johnson, Willie Brown and Skip James made up the first ...

Robert Junior Lockwood was up for a Grammy this year with traditional Delta blues, and he's a link to the Delta because his mother had a relationship with Robert Johnson, who was known as the King ...

Very little is known of his life, and it was not until 1961 that Columbia released “King of the Delta Blues Singers,” an LP containing 16 of his 78 rpm sides that found its way into the hands ...

Although Robert Johnson’s recording career unfortunately lasted only seven months, he is recognized as a master of the Delta Blues style and even one of the top artists of the 20th century.

For 24-year-old Grammy-winning blues guitarist and singer Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, growing up in the shadows of musical giants like Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and Robert Johnson — who were ...